In unrelated news, I spent the holiday weekend catching up on all 119 issues of Birds of Prey. WHOA! Where has THIS series been all of my life? Such solid writing. And is that Greg Land on pencils? BEFORE he was such an abhorrent tracer? Sucks that McKeever had to ditch the book so early. I loved his stuff.

Diamond dist. is the culprit here (in ATL at the very least) - Pubs have sent the books already to the dist. centers, but Diamond dist. always, ALAYS uses the holiday weekend to delay books.

Shit, even on a normal week, we have trouble getting all of our books in by Wed. AM. Fucking tools.

In addition, about 25% of what Diamond sends is non-sellable; it honestly looks as if someone has driven a forklift over 25% of the books. Seriously, I am talking about tire tracks across brand new DT books. Fucking goons.

Light week for me. Birds of Prey, Final Crisis: Rogues Revenge, and Scalped. Plus, I will be picking up a few Supergirl back issues. New comics, Hellboy II this weekend, The Dark Knight next weekend, Comic-Com right after that, followed closely by X-Files 2. Um, could this be geek heaven?

Do I dislike him? I dunno. Like I said, I rarely pay attention to who's writing or drawing what. Can you give me some examples of stuff he's written in the last couple of years?

As far as Batgirl... heck yeah. I really never got to know Cassandra Cain before the series was canceled but I did read the last few issues that lead to that series end and then into Infinite Crisis. Since then, it has been weird to see her pop up as a villain for Robin and then a brainwashed Titan Easter under the control of whatsisname (Deathstrike?). So I am looking forward to reading a story where a fallen hero comes back out on top... or not. I don't know what the story is even about.

Is it enough that I just like the chick super heroes? AND DC has some of the best right now.

burlivesleftnut wrote:Do I dislike him? I dunno. Like I said, I rarely pay attention to who's writing or drawing what. Can you give me some examples of stuff he's written in the last couple of years?

As far as Batgirl... heck yeah. I really never got to know Cassandra Cain before the series was canceled but I did read the last few issues that lead to that series end and then into Infinite Crisis. Since then, it has been weird to see her pop up as a villain for Robin and then a brainwashed Titan Easter under the control of whatsisname (Deathstrike?). So I am looking forward to reading a story where a fallen hero comes back out on top... or not. I don't know what the story is even about.

Is it enough that I just like the chick super heroes? AND DC has some of the best right now.

Well, I brought it up because Beechen is pretty reviled for being the man to destroy Cassandra and make her the brainwashed villain she has been post-IC. He wrote her in Robin and Teen Titans. Basically, he is responsible for all her villainy ways, but he attests that he was asked by editorial to do that. Anyway, he promises that this mini will vindicate her, but I still question his ability to write a decent story. He was part of the brain trust behind Countdown and his issues were among some of the worst of the bunch.

Oh, and you are so right about the DC female super heroes. My love for Birds of Prey and Supergirl is boundless. Not to mention Spoiler, Wonder Woman, and Donna Troy!

Leckomaniac wrote:Light week for me. Birds of Prey, Final Crisis: Rogues Revenge, and Scalped. Plus, I will be picking up a few Supergirl back issues. New comics, Hellboy II this weekend, The Dark Knight next weekend, Comic-Com right after that, followed closely by X-Files 2. Um, could this be geek heaven?

Holy crap. Did anyone read Teen Titans #62? I was expecting a nice wholesome book about a stray dog being adopted by the Teen Titans. I was NOT expecting this. I am still processing my thoughts on the issues outside of: Holy balls.

Yeah, I am excited about a new team on Supergirl too. Can we please get some consistency with the character? How about some good/memorable stories? Good villains? I thought the most interesting Supergirl villain to come along in forever was Ultraboy, and he's dead now.

burlivesleftnut wrote:Yeah, I am excited about a new team on Supergirl too. Can we please get some consistency with the character? How about some good/memorable stories? Good villains? I thought the most interesting Supergirl villain to come along in forever was Ultraboy, and he's dead now.

Words can't describe how pumped I am for the new team. However, I really don't want to see Kara playing sidekick to Clark in this new arrangement they have going on. I am hoping for all the best, though, as Kara is one of my absolute favorite DC characters...as my avatar indicates.

I hope they DO make her his sidekick more often. She needs some learnin'. But creators are talking about building up her own rogues gallery... although Silver Banshee (or whatever she's called) seems a suspect way to start that endeavor. Although I will always love her character for the simple fact that Batman and Superman originally defeated her with the whole Batman and Superman switch identities gimmick. God I miss relevant John Byrne.

burlivesleftnut wrote:I hope they DO make her his sidekick more often. She needs some learnin'. But creators are talking about building up her own rogues gallery... although Silver Banshee (or whatever she's called) seems a suspect way to start that endeavor. Although I will always love her character for the simple fact that Batman and Superman originally defeated her with the whole Batman and Superman switch identities gimmick. God I miss relevant John Byrne.

She needs more experience to be sure, but I would prefer her to be more NIGHTWING and less ROBIN if you know what I mean. NIGHTWING is a part of the BATMAN family, but he also has his own rogues and own experiences, etc.